Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
- Sonatine für das Pianoforte und Guitare, Op.70 (1834)
Performers: Rita Maria Flеrеs (fortepiano); Mario Sicca (1930-2023, guitar)
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Austrian publisher and composer. He was a choirboy in the monastery at
Michaelbeurn, and at Salzburg Cathedral. He studied for the priesthood
at the Munich Latin School, but continued his musical work, submitting
his compositions to Michael Haydn, who encouraged him. On the
secularization of the Bavarian monasteries, Diabelli, who had already
entered that at Raichenhaslach, embraced the career of a musician, went
to Vienna (where Joseph Haydn received him kindly), taught piano and
guitar for a living, and in 1818 became a partner of Cappi, the music
publisher, assuming control of the firm (Diabelli & Co.) in 1824. He
published much of Schubert's music, but underpaid the composer, and
complained that he wrote too much. In 1852 he sold his firm to CiA.
Spina. A facile composer, he produced an opera, 'Adam in der Klemme'
(Vienna, 1809), masses, cantatas, chamber music, etc., which were
consigned to oblivion; however, his sonatinas are still used for
beginners and guitar players, and his pastoralmesse (1830) is regularly
performed in Austria. His name was immortalized through Beethoven's set
of 33 variations (op.120) on a waltz theme by Diabelli.
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